Jocelynn

#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births

Peak · girls
2010 · 392 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,725
since 1955

Jocelynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jocelynn has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #720, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,17385
2024#2,15088
2023#2,46672
2022#1,844110
2021#2,02495
2020#1,763113
2019#1,569136
2018#1,346167
2017#1,204201
2016#1,149219
2015#997270
2014#979272
2013#796341
2012#768359
2011#727380
2010#720392
2009#874315
2008#868321
2007#850334
2006#1,008255
2005#1,125209
2004#1,127202
2003#1,094201
2002#1,063200
2001#1,600115
2000#1,402132
1999#1,451120
1998#1,458117
1997#1,78484
1996#1,519105
1995#2,24459
1994#2,05967
1993#1,89874
1992#2,43353
1991#2,70344
1990#2,69543
1989#3,16533
1988#2,53942
1987#2,91533
1986#3,75722
1985#3,73022
1984#2,85131
1983#5,45712
1982#4,94514
1981#3,85920
1980#4,74315
1979#4,42016
1978#4,07917
1977#3,91118
1976#6,0489
1975#5,16111
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1971#5,5439
1970#5,06110
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
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1966#5,8096
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1955#4,0699
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Jocelynn! It came in at #4,069, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jocelynn is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNHWashington: #697 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,572 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #983 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,020 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #832 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,940 girlsMINew York: #2,258 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,106 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedRIOregon: #601 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,765 girlsORNevada: #273 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,014 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedIAIndiana: #740 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,063 girlsINOhio: #719 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,338 girlsOHPennsylvania: #848 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,534 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #815 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 4,880 girlsCAUtah: #483 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,197 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #575 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsMOKentucky: #708 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,046 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #605 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedDEArizona: #640 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,041 girlsAZNew Mexico: #462 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,692 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedARTennessee: #919 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,365 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,425 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,616 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #542 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,400 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,381 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,803 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedHITexas: #537 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,892 girlsTXFlorida: #1,265 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,608 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#273 · 1 in 1,014
  2. New Mexico#462 · 1 in 1,692
  3. Utah#483 · 1 in 2,197
  4. Texas#537 · 1 in 2,892
  5. South Carolina#542 · 1 in 2,400

Best ever in a state: #208 in South Dakota, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#273121 in 1,014
New Mexico#46251 in 1,692
Utah#48391 in 2,197
Texas#537581 in 2,892
South Carolina#54281 in 2,400
Missouri#575101 in 2,943
Oregon#60161 in 2,765
Virginia#605121 in 3,135
Arizona#640121 in 3,041
Washington#69791 in 3,572
Kentucky#70851 in 4,046
Ohio#719131 in 4,338
Indiana#74081 in 4,063
California#815471 in 4,880
Michigan#83291 in 4,940
Pennsylvania#848101 in 5,534
Tennessee#91961 in 5,365
Illinois#983111 in 6,020
Florida#1,265101 in 8,608
Georgia#1,38161 in 8,803
North Carolina#1,42551 in 9,616
New York#2,25851 in 19,106
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jocelynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,173)
  • 410 spots since 2020 (#1,763 → #2,173)
  • 1,176 spots since 2015 (#997 → #2,173)
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 2007 (#1,008 → #850)
  • Biggest drop: 183 spots in 2014 (#796 → #979)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2010 at #720 (392 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2007–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,535
  • Highest: 1 in 4,535 girls born in 2010 were named Jocelynn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,909 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 40.7% of all girls named Jocelynn (2,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s17#4,069 (1955)#4,268
1960s24#5,809 (1966)#6,149
1970s90#3,911 (1977)#4,889
1980s244#2,539 (1988)#3,796
1990s766#1,451 (1999)#2,024
2000s2,284#850 (2007)#1,101
2010s2,737#720 (2010)#1,026
2020s563#1,763 (2020)#2,070

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jocelynn in 2008

girls
#868
321 births · 1 in 5,891 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #868Jocelynn321
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 5,891 of them was named Jocelynn, which outranked 95.8% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jocelynn
  1. #863Yuliana323
  2. #866Lilianna322
  3. #866Tess322
  4. #868Jocelynn321
  5. #868Abagail321
  6. #868Belen321
  7. #868June321
  8. #872Ali320
  9. #872Alisa320
  10. #874Lillianna319

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →